Addams argues that people believe that war is inevitable but that it can be stopped. The speech was made before the Hyde Park Young Men's Christian Association.
Addams reflects on her career at the National Federation of Settlement Conference. The speech was given on June 19, 1929 and published in Neighborhood in July.
Addams asks the Democratic National Convention to adopt ap peace plank that includes participation in the League of Nations, global disarmament, the cancelling of war debts, and recognition of the Government of the Soviet Union.